Charles Freeman's The Greek Achievement traces the entire
course of ancient Greek history across thousands of years--from the
Mycenaean and Minoan civilizations of the Bronze Age through the
Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman periods. This brilliant
account celebrates the incredible range of Greek achievement: the
architectural marvels of the Athenian Acropolis; the birth of drama
and the timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles;
Homer's epics; the philosophical revolutions of Plato and
Aristotle; and the conquests of Alexander the Great.
Lavishly illustrated with photographs and maps, The Greek
Achievement paints a sweeping panorama of the ancient Greeks' world
and provides a rich, contemporary overview of their enduring
contribution to world civilization.